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LIFE-STYLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life-style mean?
• LIFE-STYLE (noun)
The noun LIFE-STYLE has 1 sense:
1. a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
Familiarity information: LIFE-STYLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
life-style; life style; lifestyle; modus vivendi
Hypernyms ("life-style" is a kind of...):
fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "life-style"):
fast lane (a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation)
free living (a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites)
vanity fair (a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities)
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